Monday, September 13, 2010

I'm sorry I had been away for such a long time.I never meant to be gone for this longbut life has taken over a little. I feel likethere are too many things I want to share today.

I could talk about how nice it was to have my friendsover from Japan and to visit lots of placeswith them like Napa Valley. I could talk abouthow much fun it has been to be a part of theRingo Pie flickr group that Penny of Sewtakeahikeand I started with super creative folks. I couldalso talk about fabulous surprise packages I havereceived in the past few weeks. And I could talk abouthow my sewing projects have been progressing, but youknow what,I think I need to make this post shortbecause I have to finish up this post beforethis little boy who's taking a nap wakes up.

Ok, so let me focus on one topic today.How about me talking about the new Stitch magazine that came out very recently?!

I am super duper lucky to have my projectspublished in the magazine again!!!

These are made for the theme of the magazinecalled "One yard gifts to sew in one afternoon."Yay, so they can be made if you have just oneyard of kona fabric (that is usually available at local craft shops like Joann) and some small fabric scraps and interfacing in your hand.I think this project gave me a great chance to use up my fabric scraps that I truly love.I would like to thank erica of Crafty Blossomwho had given me the fabric I used for "G" for Grandes (meaning 'big' in French) and Mary who had kindly shared with me the feedsackI used for "S" for Petites (small in French). Moyoness is medium in French if my online search for these words was successful. I thought aboutusing Japanese words for them but they aren't nearlyas pretty (大 中 小） -----> ouch!so I pretended I knew some French.

This is a linen bag that was also for theone yard theme. And once again I want tothank erica because her fabric appears at the binding of the side pockets ;)Erica, I am just in love with your fabricsin case it's not obvious, lol.

I picked Joe's niece's name Sarah to embroideron the pocket because I think her name is so adorableand I knew that this bag would look verygood if a pretty girl like her carries it.I am sending this to Sarah tomorrow. Kristina,remember to send me a picture of her with this bag!

I must say that Stitch keeps blowing my mindwith just really unique projects and interesting articles.There are so many great projects that made me itch,but if I were to pick my favorite, I'd have toselect this plaid curves table runner by KevinKosbab of Feed Dog Designswho also made the fun slip cover on thisStitch issue! How talented is he?

Oh and I had been wanting to share this withyou! I had a great pleasure being interviewedby Stefanie Berganini, one of awesome Stitcheditors. If you are a little curious aboutmy sewing life and have some time to spare,would you be so kind to take a little lookat my interview which you can find here in Stitch's new blog?

Thank you for taking the time to read this post ;) I'll be back soon :D

Oh wow. The nesting bags look so neat, but I don't think we get that mag in NZ. Do you think at some point you might be able to put a tutorial up??? Maybe once the mag has gone off the shelves though:) Love that you went out of your comfort zone and wrote on them in French! Ciao

Congratulations! You're adorable and I'm glad you liked the fabric I sent :) I can't wait to try out that bag, It looks so structured and expensive and if this pattern is anything like the rest, it's going to come out perfect! Thanks for sharing...

Hello,I'm a big fan of your work, and follow your blog for some time.Your tutorials are my favorites: ever so well explained and with great pictures.Congratulations on these beautiful works published in Stitch.With so many beautiful things to show, you really deserve to be there!Thanks for sharing so much with us.Kisses.

Thanks for stopping by my blog! My name is Ayumi. I love sharing my crafty journal and other little anecdotes in my life here. I am a mother to a baby girl and a wife to my husband from Seattle. We live in a small apartment in Tokyo. I hope you enjoy being here :) Welcome♪